Refrigerator-compartment.



E. RICHARDSON. RBFRIGERATOR GOMPARTMEN@ APPLICATION rum SBM" 2Q, 19510.

"atntedMay 16, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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" UNTTED STATES PATENT onirica.

:ERNEST 'RIQIIAILDSON4 OF BEAVER. FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORTOINGRAM- RICHARDSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or IaEAvEn FALLS,PENNSYLVANIA,

A A CORPORATION OEPENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom "it cnccm.'

Be it knowhthat I, ERNEST RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaver Falls, in thecounty of Beaver and f typewhich can besubjected to the heat of an enamel burning furnace without losing 1 itsorigina'lzshape.

Another object is to provide aicompartment of the. type specified whichcan be A made without unduly straining the metal and which' can be soldat a comparatively lowl price.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l vis a lperspective Viewof a compartment embodying all the features of my invention; Fig. 2', aperspective view of the brace ortie for the upper forward edge of thecompartment; F ig. 3,v a verticalfsed tion taken on the line 3*3, Fig.4; Fig. 4,

a horizontal section'on the line 4-4, Fig. 3; and Fig.- 5, a perspectiveview of Aone of the 'external anglezpiecesor braces.

'My improved compartment. has the bottom l and the sides 2 integral andmade vof ductile sheet-metal, the sides standing at- Vright angles tothe Vbottom 'and joining the bottom, as shown at 3, by bending the metal"so that the cross-section appears as a part of a circle or other curvedfigure. The front edges of the bottom and sides are provided with thecontinuous flange 4 turned out- :the integral outwardly-turtle -Wardlyfrom the bottom and sides so 'as to stiien them and prevent them fromsagging and warping during the burning of the enamel, with which theyare coated. The upper' edgeso the sides 2 are rovidedwith d) flanges 5for a similar ur ose.

-The bac i6 1s made of ductilesheet metal welded or otherwise secured tothe rear edges of the bottom'and sides and has its upper edge turnedrearwardly to form the s`t1 The-sides 2 are provided with the shelfsupports 8 pressed inwardly therefrom,

lthesesupports being horizontal and, therefore, parallel.f The supportshave 'horizonj i REERIGERATOR-COMPARTMENT.

Specification otLette'rs Patent. Patented May 16, 1911. l

Aliplication measeptember 2a, 1910. fseril-No. 584,251.'

tal upperisurfacesand inclined` lower surfaees,`as shown on Fig. 3.. p.The ends'of the supports do not reach thefront'and rear edges of thesides, suiiicient inet-al being left in its original plane state -tosupportthe supports 8 during the enamel-burning op 60 eration.' It isnotdesirable 'to extend the ,supports 8 to the front edges because by'sodoing it becomes practically impossible to form .the supports 8 and theanges 4 of.' integral material by pressing or swaging.. Byv making theends of the shelf-supports stop at some distance from -the rontof thecompartment, I am able to lform thesupportsS and the flange 4 easily by.pressing or die-shaping without unduly straining the metal, thusavoiding -the welding of the flange 4 to the front.v of the sides or thecutting and the subsequent welding of any of the metal of the iiange. IIn order. to further stiften the compart- 75 ment I weld or otherwiseSecure to the outerv surface of the sides the vertical angle pieces orbraces 9 having their` longitudinal edges next to the sides.

Between the upper `front'coiners of the 8o v compartment I place thebrace or tie 10 having its' ends preferably welded" to the said corners.This tie is made ofsheet -metal having its edges turned toward eachother and its center turned so that the said turned edges are contiguousor close together.

After the compartment. has been" assembled as Shown on Fig. 1, it iscoated4 with enamel and burned in an enameling oven. The compartmentwill owing to its beling stitfened in every direction maintain its',original direction during the intense heat ing to which it is subjectedduring the burning operation. The flanges protect and stiften the edges:the unaltered plane'por- 95 tions of the sides between the supports 8andV the flange 4 support Vand Stiften the ends of the supports; 'theangles 9 stitfenand support the central portions of the sides; and 4 thetie '10 supports the upper front portlon 100 ofthe sides.

'I -claimp l 1. A sheet-metal compartment havlng the vfront edge of-each side provided with. en integral ango bent therefrom, and its sldesprovided with 4integral shelf-supports pressed inwardlytherefrom andspaced from the saidiiange 'so that .the`uflange 4and-,thc

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:shelf-Supports may he shaped without the provided with integralshelf-supports Y gbe-ping of one placing'any Astrain -on the pressedinwardlytth'erefrom in combination "'Jneal from which the other isshaped in with stiiening-supports secured to the sides f I nbinationwith stiffening supports secured between the front and rear endsthereof.

produced -by the pressing inwardly Aof the of September, A. D. 1910.sheebmetal to form the shelf-supports. i' Y ERNEST RICHARDSON.

:2; Asheet-metal compartment having the Witnesses: Aifront 'edgeoffeachside provdedwith an in- EARL R. LEYDA, 1o"tegra1 ange bent therefrom,-and its sides H. B. RICHARDSON. l

4Signed at Beaver' Fa11s,'Pa., this 26th day 15 l

